別格

Japanese
Kanji in this term
別 格
べつ > べっ
Grade: 4		 かく
Grade: 5
kan’yōon kan’on

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) べっかく [bèkkákú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [be̞k̚ka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

別(べっ)格(かく) • (bekkaku) 

  1. (attributive) special, exceptional
    Synonym: 特別 (tokubetsu)
    別(べっ)格(かく)の待(たい)遇(ぐう)
    bekkaku no taigū
    special reception

Usage notes
  • Can be used with の, as in the example above, or forms compounds directly, e.g. 別(べっ)格(かく)官(かん)幣(ぺい)社(しゃ) (bekkaku kanpeisha).

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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